Scenes of Wealth, or Views and Illustrations of Trades, Manufactures, Commerce for the Amusement and Instruction of Tarry-at-Home Travellers
by Taylor, Issac, Rev
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About This Item
London: Harris and Son; Hartford: Republished by Oliver D. Cooke and Co., 1826. 12mo, half calf stamped in gilt with title and double rules, with printed tan paper over boards., vi, 168pp, 68 copper engravings. Comprehensive survey of agriculture, manufacturing, and trades in the early nineteenth century. Sixty-eight copper-plate engravings, three to a page, illustrate occupations including silk making, salt, oysters, brewing, hat-making, pottery, paper-making, etc. Good, spine rubbed, head of spine chipped, variegated stains to front and back cover, still a decent copy.
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- James Arsenault & Company (US)
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- Title
- Scenes of Wealth, or Views and Illustrations of Trades, Manufactures, Commerce for the Amusement and Instruction of Tarry-at-Home Travellers
- Author
- Taylor, Issac, Rev
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- London: Harris and Son; Hartford: Republished by Oliver D. Cooke and Co., 1826
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James Arsenault & Company
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Arrowsic, Maine
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....